Day in Pictures, June 25, 2013

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By By Mike Moffitt

on June 25, 2013 2:33 PM

Photo: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images

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No, I haven't seen your blow dryer: Apparently, the show cattle industry has been grooming cows like poodles for years because fluffy cows are easier to sell. Check out Texas Tornado's fine dairy hair. (Lautner Farms in Adel, Iowa.) less

No, I haven't seen your blow dryer: Apparently, the show cattle industry has been grooming cows like poodles for years because fluffy cows are easier to sell. Check out Texas Tornado's fine dairy hair. (Lautner ... more

We've run out of ideas? The dinner jacket-hula skirt ensemble breaks new ground, but what is the Dsquared2 Menswear Spring-Summer 2014 Collection in Milan trying to say with the tighty whities?

We've run out of ideas? The dinner jacket-hula skirt ensemble breaks new ground, but what is the Dsquared2 Menswear Spring-Summer 2014 Collection in Milan trying to say with the tighty whities?

Photo: Gabriel Bouys, AFP/Getty Images

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The elephants were the last straw: A woodpecker pecks at a feeder
filled with peanuts in the back yard of Alfred Rockefeller's home in Ramsey, N.J. Rockefeller is
facing a fine after neighbors complained that his bird feeder is attracting too many
animals. less

The elephants were the last straw: A woodpecker pecks at a feeder filled with peanuts in the back yard of Alfred Rockefeller's home in Ramsey, N.J. Rockefeller is facing a fine after neighbors ... more

Photo: Michael Karas, Associated Press

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Gluers' white table: Visitors take pictures of airplane models at the model-making exhibition Modellbrno in Brno, Czech Republic. The exhibition is the largest one-day European get-together for plastic scale modelers, who compete in 60 different classes. less

Gluers' white table: Visitors take pictures of airplane models at the model-making exhibition Modellbrno in Brno, Czech Republic. The exhibition is the largest one-day European get-together for plastic scale ... more

Grilled sole: A reveler carries a girl on his back while walking barefoot on burning embers during the night of San Juan in San Pedro Manrique, Spain.

Grilled sole: A reveler carries a girl on his back while walking barefoot on burning embers during the night of San Juan in San Pedro Manrique, Spain.

Photo: Cesar Manso, AFP/Getty Images

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I'll let you eat the blue ribbon if you win: Five-year-old Miley Francis gives Cupcake a
reassuring hug before the goat show competition at the Garrard County Fair near Bryantsville,
Ky.

I'll let you eat the blue ribbon if you win: Five-year-old Miley Francis gives Cupcake a reassuring hug before the goat show competition at the Garrard County Fair near Bryantsville, Ky.

Photo: Clay Jackson, Associated Press

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Smoke shrouds the sunset near Monte Vista, Colo. A large wildfire near a popular
summer retreat in southern Colorado continues to be driven by winds and fueled by dead trees
in a drought-stricken area.

Smoke shrouds the sunset near Monte Vista, Colo. A large wildfire near a popular summer retreat in southern Colorado continues to be driven by winds and fueled by dead trees in a drought-stricken area.

Photo: Gregory Bull, Associated Press

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Blessed are the muddy: In Luzon, Philippines, Christian Taong Putik (mud people) walk to Mass at
dawn to commemorate their patron saint, John the Baptist. The devotees cover themselves with
mud, banana leaves, vines and twigs to emulate the disguised appearance of John the Baptist
when he baptized Christ. less

Blessed are the muddy: In Luzon, Philippines, Christian Taong Putik (mud people) walk to Mass at dawn to commemorate their patron saint, John the Baptist. The devotees cover themselves with mud, banana ... more

Photo: Dondi Tawatao, Getty Images

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Topless vs. Tunisia: A security guard puts a Femen activist in a headlock after she and two half-naked companions tried to stop the car of the Tunisian prime minister from leaving the EU commission
building in Brussels. Prime Minister Ali Larayedh was visiting Brussels on the eve of an
appeals hearing for three European Femen activists who were sentenced to four months in
prison this month for baring their breasts during a protest in Tunis. less

Topless vs. Tunisia: A security guard puts a Femen activist in a headlock after she and two half-naked companions tried to stop the car of the Tunisian prime minister from leaving the EU commission building ... more

Held hostage by his own workers, U.S. businessman Chip Starnes waits behind a window
of his office at the Specialty Medical Supplies factory in Huairou, Beijing. Starnes, who had
come to lay off 30 employees five days ago, said the remaining 100 then barred him from
leaving until they reached a resolution over unpaid wages. less

Held hostage by his own workers, U.S. businessman Chip Starnes waits behind a window of his office at the Specialty Medical Supplies factory in Huairou, Beijing. Starnes, who had come to lay off 30 ... more

Photo: Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images

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How did you get up on that rail? Baby rhino Ethan is not as small as he looks - the camera angle makes him appear to be standing on the gate to his pen at the Mongomery (Ala.) Zoo.

How did you get up on that rail? Baby rhino Ethan is not as small as he looks - the camera angle makes him appear to be standing on the gate to his pen at the Mongomery (Ala.) Zoo.

Photo: Mickey Welsh, Associated Press

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Leave me alone! A rare albino blackbird squawks at a regular blackbird at an animal
rescue station in Bartosovice, Moravia. Most albino blackbirds do not survive in the wild because the "normal" birds kill them. less

Leave me alone! A rare albino blackbird squawks at a regular blackbird at an animal rescue station in Bartosovice, Moravia. Most albino blackbirds do not survive in the wild because the "normal" birds kill ... more

Along for the ride: A cat percheson the shoulder of a man attending a gay rights demonstration near Taksim Square in Istanbul.

Along for the ride: A cat perches on the shoulder of a man attending a gay rights demonstration near Taksim Square in Istanbul.

Photo: Petr David Josek, Associated Press

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Hitting the high notes: Bridie Hooper of Circa performs "Stirrups" while suspended above vocal ensemble I Fagiolini in St. Bartholomew the Great Church in London. The City of London Festival will be holding a variety of music, dance, art, film and poetry performances in some of the city's iconic spaces and venues. less

Hitting the high notes: Bridie Hooper of Circa performs "Stirrups" while suspended above vocal ensemble I Fagiolini in St. Bartholomew the Great Church in London. The City of London Festival will be holding a ... more

Photo: Peter Macdiarmid, Getty Images

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Balky billy: While the ritual Bano de las Cabras (bathing of the goats) is a San Juan Festival tradition in Puerto de la Cruz, Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, sometimes the goats don't go willingly.

Balky billy: While the ritual Bano de las Cabras (bathing of the goats) is a San Juan Festival tradition in Puerto de la Cruz, Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, sometimes the goats don't go willingly.

How do you take a rogue elephant into custody? Well, you need a crane, a flatbed truck and a quiver of industrial-strength tranquilizing darts. This is one of nine elephants that have been destroying crops in Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy. It will be trucked to the larger Kora National Reserve, where there's less chance of human contact. less

How do you take a rogue elephant into custody? Well, you need a crane, a flatbed truck and a quiver of industrial-strength tranquilizing darts. This is one of nine elephants that have been destroying crops in ... more

Photo: Phil Moore, AFP/Getty Images

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Aero-painting: South Korea's Black Eagles aerobatic team leaves colorful smoke trails during a ceremony for a re-enactment of the Battle of Chuncheon in Chuncheon, South Korea.

Aero-painting: South Korea's Black Eagles aerobatic team leaves colorful smoke trails during a ceremony for a re-enactment of the Battle of Chuncheon in Chuncheon, South Korea.